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User Story

Metadata

Key Value
ID US-001
CrossReference UCD-001, BC-001, MIL-001, MIL-002, UC-001, UC-002, UC-003, UC-004

Version History

Date Status Author Reviewer Change Commit
2026-10-10 Accepted Jens Tirsvad Nielsen S01 Initial version a2bf2d4

Purpose and Scope

These stories cover the P1 use cases of the Project Plan that MIL-002 delivers (O1 to O3 of BC-001): keeping the mirror metadata correct, configuring credentials, onboarding a repository and diagnosing a failed run. Roles are the actors of UCD-001. Stories for quality checks and releases (MIL-003, MIL-004) and for the wiki (MIL-005, MIL-006) are not written yet.

Story List

US-001.01 — Mirror shows the Gitea metadata

As a DevOps Professional, I want the GitHub mirror to show the description and topics of the Gitea repository, so that visitors of the mirror see the same repository metadata as on the primary repository.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a repository with one GitHub push mirror, when the workflow runs, then the GitHub description and topics equal the Gitea ones.
  • Given the description or the topics changed on Gitea, when the next run completes, then the GitHub mirror shows the new values.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-001, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.02 — Repository without a mirror is skipped

As a DevOps Professional, I want a repository without a GitHub mirror to be skipped successfully, so that repositories that have no mirror do not show failed runs.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a repository with no GitHub push mirror, when the workflow runs, then the run succeeds and the log says that there is nothing to sync.
  • Given a repository with several GitHub push mirrors, when the workflow runs, then the run fails with a configuration message and changes nothing.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-001, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.03 — Check the tokens before changing anything

As a DevOps Professional, I want both tokens to be checked before the workflow changes anything, so that a wrong or too weak token is found without any side effect.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a token that GitHub rejects, when the workflow runs, then nothing is changed and the log names the credentials category.
  • Given a GitHub token without administration access, when the workflow runs, then it stops with a permissions message before the first change.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-002, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.04 — Store the secrets once per organization

As a Platform Operator, I want to store a workflow's secrets once for an organization, so that every repository of the organization can use the workflow without its own copy of the secrets.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given the secrets are stored for an organization, when a repository of that organization runs the workflow, then it passes the credential check.
  • Given a repository of another organization, when it runs the workflow, then it does not see these secrets and the log names the missing secret.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-002, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.05 — Use the workflow without a copy

As a DevOps Professional, I want a repository to use the shared workflow without copying it, so that a fix made once reaches every repository.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a repository without its own workflow files, when a push is made to main, then the shared workflow runs in it.
  • Given the shared workflow changes, when the next run starts in another repository, then it runs the changed version.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-003, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.06 — Onboard from one guide

As a DevOps Professional, I want to onboard a repository by following one guide, so that the first run passes without undocumented steps.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a repository with Actions enabled and a runner, when its owner follows only the onboarding guide, then the first run succeeds.
  • Given a step of the guide is wrong or missing, when it is found during onboarding, then it is raised as a defect of the guide.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-003, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.07 — Every failure names its category

As a DevOps Professional, I want every failure message to name its category, so that I know at once whether to look at configuration, credentials, permissions, the service or the runner.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given any failure of the workflow, when its log is read, then the message starts with one of the categories configuration, credentials, permissions or api.
  • Given a message that has no category, when it is found, then it is raised as a defect.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-004, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

US-001.08 — Recognise a runner problem

As a Platform Operator, I want to recognise a runner problem from its symptom, so that I fix the runner and not the workflow.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Given a run that stays waiting, when the troubleshooting guide is read, then it names the missing runner label as the cause.
  • Given a job that fails before the script, when the guide is read, then it names the tool missing from the runner image.
Traces to Size INVEST exceptions
UC-004, MIL-002 fits one iteration none

INVEST Check

All eight stories are independent of each other except that US-001.05 and US-001.06 build on US-001.04 (the secrets must exist before a repository can run the workflow). Each states one goal and can be negotiated, delivers value to the named role, is small enough for one iteration, and has acceptance criteria that are checked with a run or a read of the guide. Exception: US-001.01 and US-001.02 are already implemented and are written so that their behaviour is tested rather than built.